A majority of the U.S. listed Fortune 500 firms are following the U.S. Securities and Exchange Guidelines by providing some level of disclosure regarding cyber exposures, with more than half indicating their firms would face “serious harm” or be “adversely …
The national medical price index is a poor measure of workers’ comp price inflation in most states, says a new 25-state study from the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI). Unlike the consumer price index for medical care (CPI-M), which measures …
On a sunny January afternoon, 12 stories above a busy street, a newly engaged 19-year-old woman jumped to her death from a spectacular arch bridge west of downtown Portland. Last month, in the middle of the night, a 40-year-old man …
A new engineering report says Joplin, Mo., homes destroyed in the 2011 tornado were poorly built to withstand wind. The American Society of Civil Engineers study also shows that most of the damage caused by the Joplin tornado that killed …
U.S. safety regulators have added about 320,000 older model Honda Odyssey minivans to a widening probe of faulty air bags that affects at least three automakers and more than 2 million vehicles. Front air bags on the Honda Motor Co. …
Property/casualty insurer The Travelers Cos. says it will spend about $1.1 billion in cash to buy The Dominion of Canada General Insurance Co. and strengthen its reach north of the U.S. border. The New York-based insurer says The Dominion’s distribution …
A devastating flood in 2008 that killed three people and caused $763 million in damage also changed the landscape of many Wisconsin counties – and while the changes were hard to stomach for some, authorities say the state learned valuable …
Authorities say ten women escaped unharmed when the limousine they were in burst into flames while idling in Northern California. The Sunday morning fire in Walnut Creek comes a little more than a month after five nurses were killed while …
Environmental activist Erin Brockovich, portrayed by Julia Roberts in a 2000 movie about her fight over the pollution of a California town, was arrested on suspicion of boating while intoxicated at Lake Mead near Las Vegas, authorities said Sunday. Brockovich …
Attorneys for four people suing over the collapse of a downtown building that killed six people last week lambasted the demolition work after surveying the site Sunday. Lawyers and consultants walked gingerly on piles of debris, indicating to photographers and …